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Transformations · Challenge problem

A spiral similarity (a rotation together with a dilation, both centered at the origin) can be represented as multiplication by a complex number ww: it sends the point zz to wzwz. This spiral similarity sends 1+2i1+2i to −4+2i-4+2i. Writing w=p+qiw = p + qi, find p+qp + q.